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A cybersecurity analyst for a large financial services company reviews the company's email security controls and is concerned about the risk of phishing attacks.

The analyst decides to implement Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) to better protect the company's email domain.

Which of the following BEST describes the correlation between embedded links and DMARC?

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DMARC prevents embedded links from being included in emails altogether.


DMARC verifies the authenticity of embedded links by checking the sender's domain against the DMARC record.


DMARC only applies to email messages that contain embedded links from untrusted senders


DMARC protects against phishing attacks that use embedded links by analyzing email headers.

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DMARC protects against phishing attacks that use embedded links by analyzing email headers.

Explanation: DMARC uses SPF/DKIM alignment on the From header to detect and block spoofed senders — it does not remove or inspect embedded links themselves or verify link content.